engSeagrave, WykenIllustrated cosmic monopoleGeneral Theoretical PhysicsTruly bizarre, utterly unique I've never read a novel quite like this before. The author takes you on an exciting adventure full of unforgettable and vivid imagery. Solidly written with each character's personality shining through. If you find physics fascinating you will not be disappointed by the author's keen intellect and clear understanding of this most challenging (for me anyway) scientific subject. This is not a novel I will forget anytime soon, I would highly recommend it. Andrewly Very imaginative tale Anybody interested in a very imaginative and engrossing sci fi story needs to check this one out. I have been reading sci fi for decades and this story has elements that surprise me which is very unusual considering the number of novels and stories I have over the years. ric freeman Summary of the story The cosmic monopole has been wandering the Universe since it was created in the Big Bang. Its existence is fundamental to the way the Universe works. It is finally trapped by the powerful magnetic fields inside the ATLAS detector at CERN, Geneva, and begins to absorb protons from the LHC. Irish school-girl Catriona O’Brien knows nothing about this, of course. She has persuaded her adoring step-father Sam to bring her to Geneva on the pretext of visiting her mother Brigit who is the Irish Ambassador to the UN. But actually Catriona is trying to solve the mystery of how and why her scientist-father was killed in his Dublin laboratory six years ago, a murder to which she was the only witness. When they visit CERN, she meets the secretive little Chinese-Irish scientist Michael Zhang who not only worked with her father but has some knowledge about his death. But he is too busy to tell her the details. He is trying to solve a problem with ATLAS. The giant detector is being overwhelmed by an unusual amount of data. Everyone except Michael suspects a fault, but he knows that the monopole has been captured. However he keeps it secret and deliberately wastes time, waiting for the monopole to be transformed into a black hole, which he believes will be short-lived and harmless but fundamental for research. But the black hole persists and emerges from the detector. Sam and Michael battle to prevent it absorbing the whole world but are themselves absorbed. Moments later fragments of mysterious blue crystal emerge from the black hole and time stops everywhere in the Universe except near these crystals. Catriona can talk to Sam through her fragment, and he tells her she must collect all the others and bring them down a tunnel so Michael will be able to restart time and save the Universe. The only man who can help her is a womanising Hungarian entrepreneur Alex, with whom she has fallen in love but who seems completely unreliable. The Cosmic Monopole is the first volume in the Time Crystal series from Penny Press, a scifi-fantasy-romance on an epic scale whose setting is nothing less than the whole history of the Universe. This volume ends as Catriona finds and enters the tunnel. In future volumes she will embark upon an adventure that will take her back through time to the Big Bang and beyond. Catriona, Sam and others will struggle with particles and galaxies, with the very smallest and largest things in the Universe, as well as everything in between. But as she travels back in time, little does she know that other things, terrible and dangerous beings from beyond the Universe, are coming up that same tunnel trying to reach the Earth for a sinister and diabolical purpose.Penny Press2015http://cds.cern.ch/record/2119521http://cds.cern.ch/record/2119521oai:cds.cern.ch:2119521On the cover page: Your journey back to the Big Bang starts here engO'Brien MacDonald, ShaneThe counter-clock trilogyOther SubjectsWhat if you went back in time to stop the September 11th terrorist attacks? One man did. This is his story. Time is running out for Joshua Sinclair—he’s stuck in the year 1987—with only one mission—warn the world of the events of September 11th, 2001—the only way to prevent his father’s death at the Pentagon. But no one believes what he has to say. Even worse, a group of CIA officers are tracking his every move, trying to stop him at every possible turn. With no one in the past he can trust, Joshua must take fate into his own hands—from Chicago, Washington, and West Berlin…to the battlefields of Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.Ankerville Street Productions North America2015http://cds.cern.ch/record/2000260http://cds.cern.ch/record/2000260oai:cds.cern.ch:2000260 spaGómez Cadenas, J JMateria extrañaOther SubjectsEnero, 1999. Unas extrañas burbujas se han colocado en el acelerador de particulas del CERN (Ginebra). Ante el riesgo de que esto desencadene una catástrofe a escala mundial, el centro ordena detener el experimento. Años después, Irene, una joven y promotedora científica, es contratada en la división de Física Teórica del CERN. Allí coincide con el mayor Espinosa, destinado a la sede suiza de la ONU para trabajar en un proyecto contra la proliferación de armas nucleares. La misión de Espinosa resulta ser mucho más arriesgada de lo que parecía. Irene ambiciosa y rebelde, toma una decisión de efectos imprevisibles.Espasa Calpe2008http://cds.cern.ch/record/1530481http://cds.cern.ch/record/1530481oai:cds.cern.ch:1530481 gerLehr, Thomas42Other SubjectsNicht weit von Genf, der Stadt der Atomphysiker, Diplomaten und Uhrmacher, liegen die unterirdischen Anlagen des Kernforschungszentrums CERN. Als an einem sonnigen Augusttag eine Besuchergruppe wieder ans Tageslicht tritt, ist die gesamte Genfer Region, ja ganz Europa in einen Dornröschenschlaf gefallen. Die Besucher bewegen sich wie in einer "Fotografie der Welt". Steht die Zeit still? Was ist geschehen? Hat der Teilchenbeschleuniger eine Zeitkatastrophe verursacht? Die 70 "Chronifizierten" müssen mit einer traumatischen Situation von Einsamkeit, Macht und Ohnmacht zurechtkommen, Theorien entwickeln und Strategien des Zusammenlebens erproben. Obwohl für sie die persönliche Zeit weiterläuft, in der sogar Kinder geboren werden, sind sie scheinbar in alle Ewigkeit gefangen in der 42. Sekunde um 12:47 dieses Sommertags - bis nach fünf Jahren aus wahrhaft heiterem Himmel die Weltzeit plötzlich für 3 kostbare Sekunden weitertickt. Aus ihrer Lethargie gerissen, sammelt sich die inzwischen durch Krankheiten und mörderische Auseinandersetzungen dezimierte Gruppe zu einem "finalen Experiment". In diesem furiosen Roman schießen die erzählerischen Momente wie in einem Teilchenbeschleuniger zusammen: modernste Zeittheorien, existentielle Deutungen und eine mitreißende Sprache. Thomas Lehr legt mit diesem Roman das wichtigste Buch seines bisher vielfach preisgekrönten Werkes vor.Aufbau2005http://cds.cern.ch/record/1529906http://cds.cern.ch/record/1529906oai:cds.cern.ch:1529906 freFernández-Vidal, SoniaQuantic loveOther SubjectsL’été de ses 18 ans, Laïla part travailler comme serveuse au Centre Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) à Genève. La jeune Sévillane hésite entre des études de maths ou de physique et va donc tester sa vocation en se frottant au monde étrange des scientifiques de pointe. Et, pourquoi pas, nouer des amitiés ou trouver l’amour ? Car le CERN que Laïla découvre a tout d’une auberge espagnole ! Les rencontres les plus diverses et improbables y sont garanties. Il y a d’abord Angie, sa colocataire, une étudiante anglaise aussi jolie que délurée, en plus d’être une excellente scientifique. Il y aussi Alessandro, jeune journaliste suisse-italien et charmeur professionnel qui la drague dès son premier jour de travail. Et surtout il y a Brian, un brillant scientifique américain qui la fascine… Une chose est sûre : la Laïla qui a quitté l’Espagne pour la Suisse ne sera plus jamais la même.Hachette2013http://cds.cern.ch/record/1529852http://cds.cern.ch/record/1529852oai:cds.cern.ch:1529852L'édition originale de cet ouvrage a paru en langue castillane chez La Galera, sous le titre : Quantic Love engFarley, FrancisCatalysed fusionOther SubjectsA sizzling romance and a romp with subatomic particles at CERN. Love, discovery and adventure in the city where nations meet and beams collide. Life in a large laboratory. As always, the challenges are the same. Who leads? Who follows? Who succeeds? Who gets the credit? Who gets the women or the men? Young Jeremy arrives in CERN and joins the quest for green energy. Coping with baffling jargon and manifold dangers, he is distracted by radioactive rats, lovely ladies and an unscrupulous rival. Full of doubts and hesitations, he falls for a dazzling Danish girl, who leads him astray. His brilliant idea leads to a discovery and a new route to cold fusion. But his personal life is scrambled. Does it bring fame or failure? Tragedy or triumph?Francis Farley2012http://cds.cern.ch/record/1498111http://cds.cern.ch/record/1498111oai:cds.cern.ch:1498111On the cover: Love adventure and discovery in the city where nations meet and particle collide itaGómez Cadenas, Juan JoséMateria strana: romanzo scientificoOther SubjectsNel Laboratorio europeo per la fisica delle particelle, il CERN di Ginevra, sta per vedere la luce uno dei più grandi progressi scientifici di tutti i tempi: la scoperta di un nuovo stato della materia, il cosiddetto "plasma di quark". La direttrice del CERN, Helena Le Guin, teme però che insieme al plasma si stiano formando grumi letali di materia strana, in grado di scatenare una reazione a catena che potrebbe distruggere l'intero pianeta. Mentre Helena cerca disperatamente di far fronte alla crisi, a Ginevra arrivano Irene de Ávila, una giovane e promettente fisica teorica, e il maggiore Héctor Espinosa, un militare americano assegnato alla sede dell'ONU per lavorare a un progetto ultrasegreto legato alla non proliferazione delle armi nucleari: inizia così un'appassionante vicenda in cui convergono rivalità scientifiche, peripezie personali e rischiose operazioni di spionaggio che porteranno i protagonisti fino in Iran.Dedalo2012http://cds.cern.ch/record/1495193http://cds.cern.ch/record/1495193oai:cds.cern.ch:1495193 sweBjörses, MartinDomedagen från CERNOther subjectsBooks on Demand2011http://cds.cern.ch/record/1488967http://cds.cern.ch/record/1488967oai:cds.cern.ch:1488967 engConnolly, JohnSamuel Johnson vs. the Devil: round IIOther SubjectsHodder2011http://cds.cern.ch/record/1448635http://cds.cern.ch/record/1448635oai:cds.cern.ch:1448635US edition title: The infernals engConnolly, JohnThe gatesOther SubjectsSimon & Schuster2009http://cds.cern.ch/record/1448633http://cds.cern.ch/record/1448633oai:cds.cern.ch:1448633 engJones, Paul XavierBoundary limitOther Subjects[Createspace]2011http://cds.cern.ch/record/1422689http://cds.cern.ch/record/1422689oai:cds.cern.ch:1422689 engWazem, PierreTirabosco, TomSous-solsOther SubjectsFuturopolis2010http://cds.cern.ch/record/1405985http://cds.cern.ch/record/1405985oai:cds.cern.ch:1405985 engHarris, RobertThe fear indexOther SubjectsHutchinson2011http://cds.cern.ch/record/1404180http://cds.cern.ch/record/1404180oai:cds.cern.ch:1404180 engOttaviani, JimMyrick, LelandSycamore, HilaryFeynmanOther SubjectsFirst second2011http://cds.cern.ch/record/1395517http://cds.cern.ch/record/1395517oai:cds.cern.ch:1395517 engMartin, JacquesLe maître de l'atomeOther SubjectsCasterman2006http://cds.cern.ch/record/1387967http://cds.cern.ch/record/1387967oai:cds.cern.ch:1387967 engBenford, GregoryCosmOrbit1998http://cds.cern.ch/record/1375848http://cds.cern.ch/record/1375848oai:cds.cern.ch:1375848 itaArpaia, BrunoL'energia del vuotoOther SubjectsGuanda2011http://cds.cern.ch/record/1357547http://cds.cern.ch/record/1357547oai:cds.cern.ch:1357547 gerBrown, DanIlluminatiOther SubjectsLübbe2005http://cds.cern.ch/record/1346328http://cds.cern.ch/record/1346328oai:cds.cern.ch:1346328 engGalt, FritzThe Geneva seduction: an international thrillerXXSigma2010http://cds.cern.ch/record/1268469http://cds.cern.ch/record/1268469oai:cds.cern.ch:1268469 engSawyer, Robert JLinckens, P HFlashforwardOther SubjectsTor2008http://cds.cern.ch/record/1190989http://cds.cern.ch/record/1190989oai:cds.cern.ch:1190989 freBrown, DanAnges et démonsOther SubjectsLattes2005http://cds.cern.ch/record/828614http://cds.cern.ch/record/828614oai:cds.cern.ch:828614 engBurstein, DanDe Keijzer, ArneSecrets of angels and demons: the unauthorised guide to the bestselling novelOther SubjectsWeidenfeld and Nicolson2005http://cds.cern.ch/record/828607http://cds.cern.ch/record/828607oai:cds.cern.ch:828607 engGilmore, RobertAlice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physicsGeneral Theoretical PhysicsCopernicus1995http://cds.cern.ch/record/789045http://cds.cern.ch/record/789045oai:cds.cern.ch:789045 itaDel Giudice, DanieleAtlante occidentaleOther SubjectsEinaudi1985http://cds.cern.ch/record/623423http://cds.cern.ch/record/623423oai:cds.cern.ch:623423English translation available entitled "Lines of Light". engDel Giudice, DanieleLines of lightOther SubjectsHarcourt Brace Jovanovich1985http://cds.cern.ch/record/619877http://cds.cern.ch/record/619877oai:cds.cern.ch:619877Translated by Norman MacAfee and Luigi FontanellaNovel about CERN. Original Italian edition available, entitled "Atlante occidentale". engBrown, DanAngels and demonsOther SubjectsCorgiAtria2001http://cds.cern.ch/record/614592http://cds.cern.ch/record/614592oai:cds.cern.ch:614592 engPavlou, SDecipherOther SubjectsScience fiction novel which includes a trip to CERN as part of the storyline.Simon and Schuster2001http://cds.cern.ch/record/581127http://cds.cern.ch/record/581127oai:cds.cern.ch:581127 engSchwarz, CindyTales from the atomic zoo: stories and poems about subatomic particles written by students at Vassar CollegeParticle PhysicsSmall World Books2002http://cds.cern.ch/record/578282http://cds.cern.ch/record/578282oai:cds.cern.ch:578282